drēgns

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From Proto-Baltic*dreg- (with an adjectivizing suffix -n, and expressive lengthening of the e; compare dialectal variant dregns with short e), from Proto-Indo-European*der- ‎(“to tear, to pluck, to slice”) (whence also dīrāt ‎(“to skin, to flay”), q.v.) with an extra suffix -gʰ (*der-gʰ, *dr-egʰ). From the original meaning, “to tear” > “to skin, to flay,” a number of other meanings were developed, relating to something unpleasant or repulsive (compare dergties ‎(“to feel disgusted”)); in the case of drēgns, unpleasant cold and humidity. Cognates include Lithuaniandrė́gnas.[1]